Example sentences of "the [adv] he [verb] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more he had to think about , the less likely he was to bother her . |
| 2 | He has , though , had to adapt his style the more he has progressed in the game . |
| 3 | It was not a successful pilgrimage : ‘ the more she wept , the more irked was her man of the company , and the more he tried to go from her and leave her alone ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ The less you respond to him the more he tries to get to you — I know I can be a bit intense so it 's really good that he taught me to have fun at work and loosen up . ’ |
| 5 | On the way here this morning , the picture of the Carrie he had once known and played with … and loved , had been plain in his mind ; and the nearer he had come to the house where she now lived , he imagined the Carrie he expected to see would be merely an older replica of the one who had run out of his life the day his mother had hit him and knocked him out . |
| 6 | The quicker he got rid of her the better . |